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Re:The Road from Rome by WalterBright on Saturday April 17, 2021 @02:13AM (#26841988)
> From then on progress towards the modern world was swift.

Personally I credit the printing press as the dividing line (yes I know the fall of Constantinople was at the same time).

Sometimes I idly think what would I invent if I was transported via mcguffin to ancient Rome. I'd invent paper and the printing press.

Re:The Road from Rome by fidesomnes on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:34PM (#26845510)
bicycles. all they would of needed was bicycles.